Language Terminology

Select the correct definition - Adjective

• Describes a noun

• A question that makes the reader think

• Language used to change the audience’s opinion

• A command

Select the correct definition - Verb

• A statement phrased as a question to make the reader think.

• States the action or tense (past/present/future)

• Describes a noun

• A comparison using as or like

Select the correct definition - Noun

• Language that creates an emotional response.

• A comparison using as or like

• A command

• The name of a common object e.g. river/dog

Select the correct definition - Imperative

• Language that creates an emotional response

• A command

• Describes a noun

• A statement phrased as a question to make the reader think

Select the correct definition - Persuasive language

• Language that creates an emotional response

• A statement phrased as question to make the reader think

• A collection of words linked by a theme

• Language that changes the reader’s opinions

Select the correct definition - Adverb

• Describes how a verb is carried out. Often ends in ‘ly’ e.g. quickly

• Describes a noun

• Language that creates an emotional response

• A statement phrased as a question to make the reader think

Select the correct definition - Repetition

• A statement phrased as a question to make the reader think

• A collection of words linked by a theme

• The deliberate repetition of key words or ideas

• Describes a noun

Select the correct definition - Semantic field

• A collection of words linked by a theme

• A comparison using as or like

• Describes a noun

• Language that creates an emotional response

Select the correct definition - Rhetorical question

• Describes a noun

• A collection of words linked by a theme

• Describes how a verb is carried out. Often ends in ‘ly’ e.g. quickly

• A statement phrased as a question to make the reader think

Select the correct definition- Metaphor

• A comparison describing something as if it were something else e.g. a patchwork quilt of fields

• States the action or tense (past/present/future)

• A comparison using as or like

• A word used instead of a name e.g. he